HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/22/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/22/18

Each week on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 12/22/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART

CHART

ARTIST

SONG TITLE

RADIO

POSITION

POSITION

SPINS

THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK

1

2

GODSMACK

“When Legends Rise”

1837

2

1

BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)

“Hear Me Now”

1718

3

4

THE GLORIOUS SONS

“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”

1667

4

3

SHINEDOWN

“GET UP”

1564

5

5

GHOST

“Dance Macabre”

1504

6

6

PAPA ROACH

“Who Do You Trust?”

1479

7

8

BRING ME THE HORIZON

“MANTRA”

1234

8

7

DISTURBED

“Are You Ready”

1219

9

9

BEARTOOTH

“Disease”

1103

10

10

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

“When The Seasons Change”

1035

11

12

RIVAL SONS

“Do Your Worst”

865

12

13

HALESTORM

“Do Not Disturb”

843

13

14

FROM ASHES TO NEW

“Broken”

802

14

15

THREE DAYS GRACE

“Right Left Wrong”

748

15

11

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

“Mad Hatter”

720

16

16

SLIPKNOT

“All Out Life”

658

17

17

POP EVIL

“Be Legendary”

622

18

19

GRETA VAN FLEET

“You’re The One”

621

19

22

METALLICA

“Halo on Fire”

589

20

20

FEVER 333

“Made An America”

508

21

18

UNDEROATH

“ihateit”

490

22

21

MUSE

“Pressure”

484

23

23

ATREYU

“The Time Is Now”

469

24

28

NOTHING MORE

“Let Em Burn”

377

25

27

IMAGINE DRAGONS

“Natural”

356

26

25

THE BLUE STONES

“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”

347

27

26

A PERFECT CIRCLE

“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”

345

28

30

P.O.D.

“Listening for The Silence”

341

29

33

BADFLOWER

“Heroin (2018)”

327

30

31

DIAMANTE

“Haunted”

305

31

32

CHEVELLE

“Sleep Walking Elite”

275

32

24

JONATHAN DAVIS

“Basic Needs”

262

33

29

THE DIRTY NIL

“That’s What Heaven Feels Like”

242

34

35

HYRO THE HERO

“Bullet”

190

35

39

ROYAL TUSK

“Aftermath”

189

36

34

SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY

“Driving Rain”

189

37

38

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE

“The Old Me”

187

38

40

BLACK MOODS

“Bella Donna”

176

39

36

PALAYE ROYALE

“You’ll Be Fine”

175

40

37

DOROTHY

“Who Do You Love”

170

41

42

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

“My Blood”

150

42

44

DOSE

“Vervain”

141

43

43

LIKE A STORM

“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”

128

44

41

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

“Jumpsuit”

122

45

46

ICE NINE KILLS

“A Grave Mistake”

96

46

45

PRETTY VICIOUS

“Move”

94

47

47

BASEMENT

“Disconnect”

87

48

56

SMALL TOWN TITANS

“You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”

86

49

55

ROYAL BLISS

“Hard And Loud”

82

50

87

BREAKING BENJAMIN

“Tourniquet”

78

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

As the trend towards a classic rock sound continues, you’ll notice that some bands sound like they are creating music to tap into the trend, while others feel like they emerged from a time capsule that was buried in the ’70s. Monster Truck falls into the latter category. There authenticity of the ’70s sound of “Denim Danger” takes you back in time to the heyday of bands like Deep Purple and U.F.O. Hell, even the title takes you back in time. With the renewed enthusiasm for real classic rock and roll, maybe it’s only a matter of time until we start wearing denim jackets (and vests) with patches of our favorite rock artwork on the back. The Monster Truck imagery would fit perfectly on the back of a denim jacket. But this band is more than just a throwback to the glory days of a few generations of rock music fans. The beauty of “Denim Danger” lies within its simple, straightforward, timeless rock and roll approach.

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Bad Wolves (f. Diamante) was one of the more popular songs of the year in Active Rock. “Can You Hear Me” was rewarded with a week at the top, but now yields to Godsmack once again. “When Legends Rise” will end the year as the top song, and has a decent chance to begin 2019 in the same position. While The Glorious Sons are within striking distance, it will take a meaningful drop in spins for Godsmack to take over the top spot in the next week or so. On a normal week, it would be even odds, but given the sort of auto-pilot mode of programmers around the holidays, it doesn’t seem as likely to happen. They will be the next #1 in the coming weeks unless something surprising happens.

HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)

Each week, we will share the songs that we think should be added to rotations, alongside the songs that we feel should be dropped from rotations, either because they are a bad fit for the format, or because they have run their course and it’s time for a new single from the artist.

SPIN IT…

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Victim”

JOHN GARCIA AND THE BAND OF GOLD – “My Everything”

EVE TO ADAM – “No Easy Way Out”

SHVPES – “Afterlife”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Pretty Vicious – Move”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The Top 10 songs are the same as last week, with the only change being the order…

They cracked the Top 40 two weeks ago, Top 30 last week, only natural then that Metallica moves into the Top 20 this week…

Badflower and Diamante both make it into the Top 30…

There are actually no changes in the composition of the entire Top 40 in the latest update…

Two songs debut in the lower part of the Top 50, and another returns after an absence. Those would be the next single from Breaking Benjamin, this year’s holiday hit from Small Town Titans, and the back-to-rocking Royal Bliss.

Hopefully, the attention that Small Town Titans have gotten for their take on “Mr. Grinch” will get stations on board with their future releases. Their regular output clearly shows that they’re ready for more than just holiday/novelty airplay.

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